The academies history textbook read "The Kingdom of Maldez was at war with the Kingdom of Barphort for 5 years. They fought over the land of Gankrove just east of Maldez, it was a bloody and brutal war leaving mass land fields of dead soldiers, a total of 40,000 died, mostly from the Kingdom of Barphort. The Kingdom of Maldez lost a total count of 12,000 soldiers in those 5 years, and to the king of Baldez this was worth it, Gankrove was home to some of the densest mana crystals ever known to man. These mana crystals were used to power nations defenses like barriers and some special variety of mana crystals even grant the user to infuse it with their mana channel, these crystals are known as fragmented elemental crystals and it's said that they come from large elemental crystals that have since been claimed by clans and hidden away. Elemental crystals allow mana users to use whatever element they grow from, whether that be: wind, fire, earth, water, light or dark. The most common magic types are wind, fire, earth and water, with nobility utilizing light magic, dark magic is not as common and is generally seen as unfavorable due to it's destructive nature as well as the possibility of the dark magic to over consume the persons mana channel effectively killing them or worse, they turn into a mana-beast. While elemental crystals are hidden, they are actively either obtained through a special program in a kingdoms academy or by purchasing them directly from the clans that cultivate these crystals, though this is expensive. Gankrove is home to two elemental crystals of which are housed by two mysterious clans, information on them or the crystals have never been publicized but skeptics say the light and dark crystals are held here. The exact whereabouts are not known but the 5 year war took place because of these crystals, the Kingdom of Maldez has been ruling over Gankrove for over a century and the two crystals are guarded by their respective clans."
"What a load of bullshit. They make Gankrove seem so important and guarded by the kingdom, what is it with the historians of this worthless and godforsaken kingdom. Gankrove is severely underfunded yet we house two elemental crystals? I can't believe I fought to protect this land from falling into the hands of the Barphort kingdom. We sacrificed our soldiers, we held our heads high against the Kingdom of Barphort, we mercilessly killed for days on end and exhausted our already limited resources and what did we get in return back? NOTHING, NOT A DAMN THING WE WERE PROMISED! I HATE King Maldez the 4th and EVERY OTHER NOBEL IN THIS COUNTRY!" Kalen said as he slammed his fists against the table. "THEY DON'T EVEN SPEAK FOR US IN THIS TEXTBOOK, WHAT ABOUT THE EFFORT IT TOOK FROM US. WE WANT OUR REPRESENTATION TOO!"
"What do you propose then? What do we do against the unfair treatment and under representation of our people?" Asked a solider in the bar.
Kalen leaned back in his seat. "It's simple really... We start our own clan and take back the land that is ours. We'll be mercenaries, we will hunt in the dead of night and rise through the shadows. We will do what the kingdom thinks we are good for, murder, and we'll do it for our own sake. We are. Merc Clan."
The bar erupted in cheer with the chant "Merc Clan! Merc Clan! Merc Clan! Merc Clan!" and that was the inception of the Merc Clan.
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